DESCENDANTS OF CONVICT TO TERMINATE THE POLITICAL LIFE OF YET BE CONVICT

Descendants of Convict to  terminate political life of yet be Convict

Lynas Corp’s chief executive officer Nicholas Curtis has admitted that he had underestimated the power of social media in mounting resistance against the company’s controversial rare earth plant in Gebang, Kuantan

Malaysians in general are not stupid (except those in Perkosa, umNO and other Malay NGOs who supported Lynas).

With the “uranium irritant” out of the way, India and Australia are scaling up defence and security ties. Australia may rejoin the high-profile Malabar naval exercises with India, US and Japan in the near future, as well as working together on the South China Sea. If the Govt and people of Australia have rejected this plant and its hazardous waste products, why should Malaysians accept it! Stupid Curtis! Get out of Malaysia!

Stephen Smith, Australia’s defence minister, on a three-day visit to India soon after the ruling Labour party voted to overturn the ban on selling uranium to India, told journalists, “I have no doubt that the uranium decision has removed any potential irritant in relationship and set the scene for further improved relationship,” he said. India and Australia will start discussions on a safeguards agreement, which, if the Australia-China agreement is anything to go by, could be a tough one. In any case, it will be many years before India buys the first shipment of uranium from Australia. Smith, a strong votary of changing the policy, said, “Our Uranium decision also reflects that not just that India voluntarily has brought itself under the international regulators of civil nuclear energy the IAEA and NSG.” Australia had voted for a waiver for India in the NSG in 2008.Mahathir is right LYNAS buggle will cost Najib his Prime Minister job ‘absolute’ power over the world’s false democracy. A very wise move on his part. I am not sure whether we should laugh or cry over this, but, there is a saying in Italian - O mangiar questa minestra o saltar questa finestra ,which means, either … Read more

That money-grubbing nickhead CEO of Lynas has got it all wrong. Underestimating the collective will of concerned internet savvy citizens is NOT his biggest mistake – rubbing corporate shoulders with the moral leper called Umno/BN is. So long as Lynas and BN are linked, nobody in their right mind will support this hopeless doomed project. Another Bakun Dam in the making!Dumb&Deaf, it’s interesting that you mentioned the goddamned Bakun Dam. Did you know that until now, many of those natives forced out of their longhouses are still not compensated yet?Mr Nicholas Curtis, dealing, QUOTE, more strongly with the challenge on Facebook and Twitter, UNQUOTE isn’t the appropriate thing to do. Explain or rebut convincingly is. I’m not saying that you haven’t done that, though, and nor that you have. Many factors have contributed to the opposition from some quarters. We all know what they are, and so I shan’t waste space here by listing them out. Mr. Curtis, do not regret. Even if you had ‘dealt with the debate in the social media earlier and more intensely’, the message from the Malaysian people is the same: We do not want your plant, your ore or any ‘plans’ you have for the wastes.’ Keep them all in Australia. You can have the expertise of our local nuclear scientists (compliments from Malaysian taxpayers) to help you set up your plant and PDF in Australia.

Change the government in Putra Jaya and this problem may be solved. Otherwise, we kick them out 5 years later. Keep this government, it’ll never be solved wonder how many times I have pointed out that Australia didn’t reject the Lynas plant. I have given you reliable references to support that claim. And still you keep repeating the myth that Australia rejected the plant. Is it any wonder I think you are ignorant  Curtis is too diplomatic to say it, so I’ll say it for him. I’ll bet he underestimated the paranoia and ignorance of Malaysians too    what he sowed. He did not know the meaning of Anything But Umno back then.cannot confirm yet because Lynas has not submitted (its disposal plans) actually, because they are not required to do so until the TOL has been issued,” said an AELB officer last week. This officer must be another moron in the making. Which board would issue a TOL unless Lynas submits detail plans on how they are going to dispose off the radioactive waste. To the westerners, it’s putting the cart before the horse. In Malaysia, it’s called eating sh!t followed by sh!tting rice. The reason why he doesn’t have plan B is because no other country is prepared to accept Lynas and also he was so sure of having it approved. He must have paid up huge amount of $$ to be assured of the project’s approval.People, READ PROPERLY “He added that the company has no other means to refine the ore outside Gebeng, nor has it a backup plan for such an eventuality.” It means Lynas was GUARANTEED operating license way before! Which right thinking business would put so much at risk depending on one single solution? Unless they are 110% they will get it! This is exactly what our corrupted ministers promised Lynas!

This man had not only underestimated the power of social media in mounting resistance against the company’s controversial rare earth plant but also underestimated the danger of radioactive waste posts to the public. An ignorant idiot!Lynas Corp’s chief executive officer Nicholas Curtis has admitted that he had underestimated the power of social media in mounting resistance against the company’s controversial rare earth plant in Gebang, Kuantan..Mr Curtis, please do it in your own country !!! IF there is any commission paid, claim it back ok and abort the plant immediately. TQ. now that’s what I call a truly brilliant statement. Did you put any thought into your comment at all??. Here’s a clue… approvals from whatever country need to be granted BEFORE any construction begins Lynas has no moral standing to fight the people. Lynas started the construction of lamps stealthily with the abetment of the corrupted Umno led gov. We dont want to be the guinea pigs to test if lamps is safe. Just get lost!Of course, Australia did not reject the plant—because it was built in Malaysia, which is some 4,750km/2,950m away as the crow flies.
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In a finding that strengthens the link between environmental pollutants and rising rates of breast cancer, new research finds that women whose diets contain higher levels of cadmium are at greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who ingest less of the industrial chemical in their food.

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Australia’s Lynas Corp is set to clear the final hurdle for its delayed $800 million rare earths plant after Malaysian lawmakers asked the government to issue the miner a temporary operating license despite community safety concerns.

The recommendations of the six-member lawmaker committee are expected to be rubber stamped by parliament later on Tuesday, clearing the way for Lynas to start operating the plant that is key to breaking China’s grip on rare earths used in products ranging from Apple Inc’s smartphones to Honda Motors’ hybrid cars.

“It’s another in a long line of affirmations for the safety of the Lynas plant,” said a Lynas spokesman in Australia.

Lynas shares added nearly 9 percent, while analysts said the plant, set to be the biggest in the world outside China, could start operating within four months of the issuance of a temporary operating licence.

The Lynas plant on Malaysia’s east coast has been standing ready to fire up since early May, but the company has been embroiled since construction began two years ago in lengthy environmental and safety disputes with local residents.

Widespread protests over concerns at possible radioactive residue have drawn thousands of people at a time, and the project has become a hot topic ahead of an election likely to be held this year.

The decision by the committee, which was dominated by MPs from the ruling Barisan National coalition, came after Malaysia dismissed an appeal by residents to scrap the plant on radiation concerns.

RARE EARTH SUPPLY

Prized for their magnetism, luminescence and strength, world consumption of rare earths is estimated to rise to around 185,000 tonnes a year by 2015, from 136,000 tonnes in 2010.

China imposed export quotas in 2009 to fight pollution caused by illegal mining and processing, turning up the pressure to find alternative sources.

The Lynas plant would supply about 11,000 tonnes in its first year, eventually rising to 22,000 tonnes. The company says demand is so strong that it has locked in customers for all the rare-earths it can process in the first 10 years of operations.

Malaysia’s opposition lawmakers boycotted the committee set up three months earlier, accusing the government of planning a whitewash over the plant in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s home state of Pahang. Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday called the latest report “propaganda from Lynas”.

Najib is seeking a strong mandate based on a track record of drawing in investments and boosting growth at a time when the euro zone debt crisis hobbles the global economy.

“The parliamentary committee’s findings will blow up the Lynas issue for many voters who were against the plant,” said James Chin, political science professor at Malaysia’s Monash campus. “There will be some form of a backlash.”

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Lynas, which last year said refined rare earth exports from Malaysia could hit 8 billion ringgit ($2.5 billion) from 2013 — equivalent to 1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, is expected to figure prominently in Najib’s plans.

MOST ADVANCED

The committee on Tuesday said awarding the licence would help the factory start processing rare earths in stages and recommended a committee of NGOs and experts keep track of the plant.

“Among all the rare earths factories in operation, they (Lynas) are the most advanced, we were told by international experts,” select committee chairmanet Mohamed Khaled Nordin told reporters outside the parliament hall.

Deutsche Bank said it expected Lynas to submit its plan to meet earlier government conditions on neutralising radioactive elements in plant waste and an emergency response plan on dust control this week, looking for a sign-off by end-July.

Once the licence was issued, it would take another four months for Lynas to generate cash from the plant – one month for shipping the concentrate from its Australian mine to Malaysia and three months to commission the plant.

The 100-page report said while Lynas had met safety, health and environmental standards, an additional 31 recommendations would be tabled in what appeared to be concessions to public concerns over the plant’s safety aspects.

Key among them was a recommendation Lynas has to ship out factory waste from Malaysia if it is unable to find an approved storage and recycling site — a condition the panel says Lynas is already committed to although opposition lawmakers said the report was scant on the terms of such a deal.
Australia and India are in the process of building strong ties in the area of maritime security, particularly in the South and East China Seas and the Indian Ocean rim. This formed the bulk of Smith’s conversations with defence minister AK Antony and the naval chief, Admiral Nirmal Verma. The defence ministry said on Tuesday, “Both sides agreed that challenges in the area of maritime security like piracy and freedom of navigation are important issues which required concerted efforts of the global community.”

Stressing that the India-Australia cooperation in this area was not China-centric, he said both countries reaffirmed the importance of law of the sea, freedom of navigation in international sea lanes. Significantly, he said, that on territorial disputes, regional and international bodies have an interest in ensuring that these disputes are resolved peacefully. This was a direct refutation of China’s claim that the dispute was “bilateral” and “outsiders” had no role to play. In the recently concluded East Asia Summit, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao asked other countries to keep their noses out of the South China Sea dispute. Smith’s statement was a definite pushback. Smith said Australia led the maritime security group in the ADMM+ grouping, which focused on the dispute.

Smith also clarified that India was one of the few countries which had been briefed in advance about the US-Australia decision to base marines in Darwin in northern Australia. “This is about enhancing our ship-to-shore capabilities,” Smith said. The decision, he said, was a “practical manifestation” of the Australian argument that the “US was a force for stability and peace”. China has strongly opposed the US-Australia decision, saying they were against military alliances.

The India-Australia relationship has suffered in the past few years despite many convergences, held hostage to a political decision by Australia to sell uranium to India until it had signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. India remained quietly adamant on the issue. Prime minister Manmohan Singh’s refusal to attend the CHOGM summit in Australia was seen as a political statement. The two countries are now making up for lost time.